Kennebec County, ME 1840 U.S. Federal Census Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/me/kennebec/1840/ This Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by Robert E. Lane for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2024 by Linda Talbott ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1840 CENSUS-DAY: June 1, 1840 MICROFILM #M704- STATE MAINE COUNTY KENNEBEC ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------------- NOTE: The back side of the population schedule for the 1840 census was used to record living pensioners of the Revolutionary War or other military service. This contained information not found on the population schedule, such as the person's age and who they were living with. Publishing of these returns was authorized by an act of Congress in 1841, printers were Blair & Rives, Washington, D.C. The book groups the names by the town where they lived. This transcription lists them in alphabetical order. Town namess are included as an aid to researchers. This schedule lists a number of women, who were likely widows who were collecting their late husband's pension. ================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1840 STATE: MAINE COUNTY: Kennebec MICROFILM#: M704- DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: Not written ================================================================================================================================= Stamped Name of Pensioner Whom Living With Page LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE LAST NAME FIRST NAME TOWN TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================= 10 45 Adams Susannah 72 Adams Moses Greene . 10 50 Allen Cynthia 81 Allen Benjamin Greene . 10 169 Allen John 81 Allen John Vienna . 11 19 Allen Daniel 86 Allen Daniel Winthrop . 9 27 Andress Samuel 85 Andress Samuel, Jr. China . 10 106 Ayer Benjamin 76 Richardson William Monmouth . 9 1 Baker Samuel 85 Baker Ralph Albion . 10 163 Bassett Samuel 94 Bassett Jabez Vassalborough . 10 132 Batchelder William 79 Batchelder William Pittston . 10 59 Bates Mary 77 Bates William Leeds . 10 61 Bates Jabez R. 79 Bates Cyrus Leeds . 11 8 Bates Thomas 83 Bates Thomas, Jr. Waterville . 10 154 Baxter Reliance 84 Baxter Daniel Vassalborough . 10 49 Beals Lydia 74 Beals Cyrus Greene . 10 138 Bean Oliver 42 Bean Oliver Readfield . 10 131 Berry Nathaniel 84 Blanchard Leonard Pittston . 10 58 Besse Jabez 75 Besse Jabez Wayne . 10 64 Bishop Zadoc 91 Bishop Joseph Leeds . 10 158 Bishop Squire 85 Tabor John Vassalborough . 10 78 Blake Robert 87 Blake Robert Fayette . 10 84 Blake John 80 Foy John L. Gardener . 10 107 Blue Hannah 78 Blue Nathaniel Monmouth . 9 35 Brackett Nathan 55 Brackett Nathan Clinton . 10 155 Bragg Lydia 71 Bragg Lydia Vassalborough . 9 28 Breck Patience 75 Breck Samuel China . 10 102 Brown Mary 73 Brown William G. Monmouth . 10 120 Brown Andrew 79 Brown Andrew Litchfield . 11 22 Brown Jeremiah 79 Thomas Cephas Winthrop . 10 54 Burgese Keziah 80 True John Wayne . 10 159 Burgess Jonathan 81 Burgess Jonathan Vassalborough . 9 31 Calvin Jotham 80 Calvin Jotham China . 10 113 Campbell James 81 Campbell James Wales . 10 161 Carleton Jonathan 79 Carleton Jonathan Vassalborough . 10 142 Case Isaac 79 Case Isaac Readfield . 10 69 Cashman Andrew 79 Cashman Isaac Leeds . 9 9 Chandler John 78 Chandler John Augusta . 11 28 Chandler Hannah 75 Chandler Hannah Winthrop . 10 156 Childs Amos 75 Childs Amos Vassalborough . 9 15 Church Amos 84 Church Amos Augusta . 9 12 Clark Charles 78 Lyon Elan Augusta . 11 10 Cleaves Abraham 76 Cleaves Abraham Windsor . 10 108 Clough Benjamin 75 Clough Asa Monmouth . 10 167 Cofren Robert 75 Cofren Robert Vienna . 10 88 Collins Joseph 80 Collins Joseph Gardener . 9 7 Cony Daniel 87 Cony Daniel Augusta . 10 125 Cook Saul 82 Cook Saul Litchfield . 11 2 Cool John 83 Cool John Waterville . 10 99 Couch John 54 Couch John Hallowell . 10 152 Cowan Elizabeth 77 Cowan Isaac Sidney . 10 162 Cowan Jane 75 Cowan Jane Vassalborough . 10 87 Crawford William 82 Crawford William Gardener . 9 29 Crowell Michael 83 Crowell Michael China . 10 172 Crowell Manoah 78 Crowell Manoah Waterville . 10 119 Danforth Abner 75 Danforth Samuel Litchfield . 10 77 Davis Philip 82 French Joseph Fayette . 10 47 Dearborn Simon 77 Daggett Aaron Greene . 9 24 Doe Henry 73 Gaild Hannah Augusta . 9 10 Dorr William 84 Door John Augusta . 10 123 Dunlap James 88 Dunlap James Litchfield . 10 145 Ellis Robert 74 Ellis Carey Sidney . 10 90 Evans James P. 68 Evans James P. Gardener . 10 56 Fairbanks Lydia 74 Fairbanks George W. Wayne . 9 30 Farris William 81 Farris William China . 10 117 Fennin Richard 79 Dow Elenor Litchfield . 11 26 Fillebrown Thomas 76 Fillebrown Thomas Winthrop . 10 126 Fitts Abigail 89 Smith John Litchfield . 9 37 Flint Levi 86 Pratt David Clinton . 10 115 Fogg George 73 Fogg George Wales . 10 72 Foster Stephen 74 Foster Stephen Leeds . 10 112 Freeman John 80 Freeman John Monmouth . 10 173 Freeman Sampson 75 Freeman Sampson Waterville . 10 95 Fuller William 79 Fuller William Gardener . 11 33 Fuller Enoch 85 . . Winslow . 10 68 George Francis 77 George Francis Leeds . 11 4 Getchell Seth 86 Stackpole Susan Waterville . 9 11 Gilbreth Benjamin 56 Gilbreth Benjamin Augusta . 11 1 Gilman Sarah 82 Gilman Nathaniel, Jr. Waterville . 9 20 Goldthwait Timothy 78 Goldthwait Timothy Augusta . 9 33 Hall Hannah 77 Norton Nathaniel F. China . 11 5 Hallet Elisha 82 Hallet Jonathan Waterville . 11 6 Hallet Solomon 86 Hallet Solomon Waterville . 11 11 Hallowell Mary 85 Hallowell John Windsor . 10 62 Ham John 81 Rayban Joshua Leeds . 10 149 Hayward Susanna 65 Hayward Ambrose Sidney . 10 93 Hazen Hannah 65 Hazen Hannah Gardener . 11 25 Heselton Elizabeth 85 Heselton Joseph Winthrop . 10 166 Holland Joseph 79 Holland Joseph Vienna . 10 157 Hows Sylvenus 77 Hows Sylvenus Vassalborough . 10 44 Hunter Thomas 69 Hunter Thomas Clinton Gore . 10 81 Hutchinson Asa 89 Hutchinson Asa Fayette . 10 124 Hutchinson Mary 81 Patten Robert, Jr. Litchfield . 10 82 Jackman Richard 84 Judkins Richard Fayette . 10 128 Jacobs John 85 Jacobs John Mt. Vernon . 9 42 Jenkins Lemuel 76 Jenkins Lemuel Clinton . 10 76 Jones Sylvester 79 Jones Sylvester Fayette . 10 85 Jones Mehitable 75 Leeman Henry Gardener . 9 41 Keen Isaac 86 Keen Josiah Clinton . 10 100 Kelley Sarah 78 King Jason Monmouth . 11 29 Kimbal Nathaniel 83 Kimbal Nathaniel Winthrop . 9 6 Kincaid John 78 Kincaid John Augusta . 10 118 Knowles Lydia 84 Knowles Caleb C. Litchfield . 9 36 Lamb James 69 Lamb James Clinton . 10 71 Lamb James 79 Lamb Ira Leeds . 9 16 Lancaster John 78 Lancaster John, Jr. Augusta . 10 116 Larbree Mary 78 Larbree Daniel Wales . 10 67 Leadbetter Increase 90 Leadbetter Ezra Leeds . 9 21 Leighton Ephraim 72 Leighton Ephraim, Jr. Augusta . 11 14 Leonard Caleb 80 Merrill Enoch Windsor . 11 17 Levering Nathaniel 77 Levering Nathaniel Winthrop . 9 32 Lincoln Sherman 83 Lincoln Sherman China . 10 65 Lindsay James 84 Lindsay James Leeds . 11 13 Linn Joseph 55 Linn Joseph Windsor . 10 174 Littlefield Timothy 81 Littlefield Timothy Waterville . 10 89 Lowell John 83 Lowell Benjamin B. Gardener . 10 143 Mace Andrew 83 Mace Andrew Readfield . 10 109 Marston David 82 Marston David Monmouth . 10 170 Mason Ebenezer 77 Mason Ebenezer Vienna . 10 160 Mathews Desire 78 Mathews James Vassalborough . 10 74 Mauton Joseph P. 78 Elkins Josiah Fayette . 10 83 McCausland Mary 75 McCausland Thomas Gardener . 11 24 McDuffin David 66 McDuffin David Winthrop . 10 53 McKenny Joseph 86 McKenny Solomon Greene . 9 38 McNally Michael 88 McNally Arthur Clinton . 10 121 Merril Roger 78 Merril Roger Litchfield . 10 104 Moody John 59 Moody John Monmouth . 9 39 Moor Mordecai 102 Moor John Clinton . 10 134 Moores David 84 Moores David Pittston . 9 25 Morrill Stephen 65 . . Rome . 10 75 Morse Philip 85 Morse Philip Fayette . 10 153 Morse Jacob 75 Daugherty James Sidney . 10 46 Mower Samuel 79 Mower Samuel Greene . 10 51 Mower John 81 Mower Calvin Greene . 10 150 Mulikin Edward 71 Hayward Edmund Sidney . 10 141 Nickerson Moses 76 Nickerson Moses Readfield . 10 101 Norris Ruth 74 Norris Greenlief K. Monmouth . 10 103 Norris James F. 67 Norris James F. Monmouth . 10 114 Owen Hugh 71 Foss Joseph Wales . 11 15 Palmer Simon 79 Palmer Simon Windsor . 11 3 Penney Salathiel 83 Penney Arba Waterville . 10 63 Pettengill William 80 Pettengill William, Jr. Leeds . 10 66 Pettengill Obadiah 78 Pettengill Obadiah Leeds . 9 8 Pitts Shubael 74 Pitts James C. Augusta . 9 18 Pitts Seth 82 Pitts Seth Augusta . 9 4 Plummer Edward 86 Plummer Edward Albion . 10 91 Potter Hugh 78 Potter Hugh Gardener . 10 97 Pray Abraham 79 Pray Abraham Hallowell . 10 98 Prescott Samuel 83 Prescott Samuel Hallowell . 10 164 Randal Caleb 87 Cross Samuel Vassalborough . 10 79 Raymond William 92 Raymond Nathan Fayette . 9 17 Read George 80 Read George Augusta . 11 9 Redington Asa 78 Redington Asa Waterville . 11 31 Renson Abigail 85 Holmes Ezekiel Winthrop . 10 148 Reynolds David 82 Reynolds Charles Sidney . 9 2 Rider Stephen 79 Rider Stephen Albion . 11 12 Ridlow Mary 74 Hutchason Robert Windsor . 11 20 Robbins Asa 81 Samuel True Winthrop . 10 86 Robinson Jedediah 87 Hopkinson William Gardener . 9 23 Rollins John 74 Rollins John Augusta . 10 92 Rollins Joseph 85 Bucke Anelm Gardener . 10 130 Rollins David 65 Rollins David Pittston . 10 144 Rollins Jabez 73 Rollins Jabez Sidney . 9 40 Roundey Benjamin 48 Roundey Benjamin Clinton . 11 21 Russell Jonathan 87 Russell William Winthrop . 10 135 Sampson Luther 80 Sampson Luther Readfield . 9 13 Savage Elijah D. 52 Rollins Josiah Augusta . 10 52 Sawyer William 77 Sawyer John E. Greene . 9 14 Servall Henry 87 Servall Henry Augusta . 10 133 Shepherd Levi 76 Shepherd Levi Pittston . 10 140 Sherburn Job 82 Sherburn Job Readfield . 10 147 Shorey Samuel 47 Shorey Samuel Sidney . 11 32 Simson Simeon 76 . . Winslow . 10 57 Smith John 83 Smith John Wayne . 10 129 Smith Laban 79 Wiggins Eldridge Mt. Vernon . 10 139 Smith David 42 Smith David Readfield . 11 18 Smith Judith 79 Smith Greenleaf Winthrop . 11 27 Stanley Rial 80 Stanley Jonathan L. Winthrop . 11 30 Stanley Adin 78 Stanley Adin Winthrop . 10 146 Stevens Thomas 82 Shorey Samuel Sidney . 10 96 Stickney Benjamin 84 Stickney Benjamin Hallowell . 10 122 Stinson Abiah 70 Sawyer James B. Litchfield . 9 19 Stone William 75 Stone William Augusta . 10 70 Stowe Anne 76 Stowe Ithamar F. Leeds . 9 3 Stratton Nehemiah 81 Stratton Nehemiah Albion . 10 80 Sturdevant Andrew 79 Sturdevant Andrew, Jr. Fayette . 11 7 Sturtevant Lot 81 Sturtevant Reward Waterville . 10 94 Sweatland Rebecca 82 Sherburn James Gardener . 10 171 Sweetser Richard 90 Parker David Waterville . 9 34 Tolbot Abram 87 Tolbot Abram China "Died since June 1st" 10 127 Towns Noah 85 Towns Noah Litchfield . 10 151 Trask Ebenezer 77 Trask Asa Sidney . 10 48 Turner Joan 78 Turner Edwin Greene . 10 60 Turner Lydia 88 Wellcome Stephen Leeds . 10 137 Vance William 80 Vance William Readfield . 11 16 Ward Nehemiah 55 Ward Nehemiah Windsor . 10 111 Warren Pelatiah 86 Warren Charles Monmouth . 10 165 Warren Richard 85 Warren Jared Vassalborough . 10 55 Weeks Bethiah 78 Chandler Noah Wayne . 10 168 Wells Mary 76 Wells John Vienna . 9 5 Wetherel Obadiah 95 Shaw George Albion . 9 26 Whitney Eleanor 57 . . Dearborn . 9 43 Whitney Ebenezer 79 Whitney Ebenezer Clinton . 9 22 Wilbur Asa 80 Wilbur David Augusta . 10 105 Wilcox John 80 Wilcox Washington Monmouth . 10 110 Witherell John 82 Witherell Rufus Monmouth . 11 23 Wood Samuel 81 Wood Samuel Winthrop . 10 136 Woodford Joseph 78 Woodford W. H. Readfield . 10 73 Young James 80 Young James Fayette .